WELL · 42-215-31821 · DISTRICT 4

Johnson C.G. #1

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Hidalgo County · McCook SE. (LWR Vicksburg Cons) field · Producing  · Vertical

Johnson C.G. #1 (API 42-215-31821) is a well in Hidalgo County operated by Merit Energy Company, completed January 1, 2023 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 22, 1988, permitted to 17,000 ft.

It was permitted by Shell Western E&P Inc. and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Vicksburg, Vicksburgy, Vicksburgz.

No lease production has been reported under this well’s leases.

Operator of record

Merit Energy Company

Permitted by Shell Western E&P Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Dallas, TX
P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Nov 7, 2025
Permits on file
1,049
Phone
(972) 701-8377

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleMerit Energy Company
Production reportsMerit Energy Companythrough Apr 2026
Latest permitShell Western E&P Inc.Jun 22, 1988

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

17,000
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Jun 22, 1988
last permit issued
Jan 1, 2023
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
3.7M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Jan 1, 2023
Shut in
—
Plugged
—

Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)

Surface location

No coordinates on the permit record yet. The RRC's GIS record usually lands within days of issuance; historical master-file permits never carry one.

Lease production

PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH APR 2026

Texas reports oil by lease, not by well. These are the lease this well is completed on; this well is the only one on it.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Johnson, C.G. G-4-129983McCook, SE. (LWR Vicksburg Cons)Merit Energy Company103.7MJan 1993 – Jul 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 31,948 · prior 12 37,606(-15%)

05K10K202420252026

Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

  1. 1Shell Western E&P Inc.Jan 1993 → Feb 2000
  2. 2Shell Western E&PMar 2000 → Apr 2011
  3. 3OXY USA Inc.May 2011 → Apr 2017
  4. 4Merit Energy CompanyMay 2017 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
348050-99DrillShell Western E&P Inc.Jun 21, 1988Jun 22, 1988—17,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— G-4-129983————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 250 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
VicksburgVICKSBURG F10,640-10,390
VicksburgVICKSBURG X13,400-13,150
VicksburgVICKSBURG Y14,270-14,020
Vicksburgy14,270-14,020
VicksburgVICKSBURG Z15,120-14,870
Vicksburgz15,120-14,870

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
14,27214,506Perforated
15,13615,378Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.3751,30517.5917 S
9.6258,77812.251,075 S
515,0206.5675 S
2.37515,7363.125270 S

Completion filings

W-2 and G-1 reports on record in the RRC wellbore file, newest first. The suffix identifies the wellbore or completion event. About these reports →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Jan 30, 2023Jan 23, 2023—
00Jun 19, 1989May 19, 1989Yes
00Jun 1, 1989May 3, 1989—
00Apr 6, 1989Feb 15, 1989Yes
00Mar 10, 1989——

The source documents

Petrora holds the structured record. The scanned filings live at the RRC; these links open its search already filled in for this API.

Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). then paste it into their search.

About this data

Permits from the RRC OGA049M master and daily daf420 files; wellbore and operator of record from the EWA schedule, weekly; completions, formation tops, casing, and perforations from the dbf900 wellbore file; production from PDQ lease reports, which lag two to three months; injection from UIC permits, H-10 reports, and TexNet daily volumes; earthquakes from the TexNet catalog.

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